It’s not yet official, but everything points toward𝄹s KTM test rider Dani Pedrosa making another wild-card entry during his home Spanish MotoGP at Jerez.

Pedrosa, a 31-time MotoGP race winner for Honda before retiring and switching to KTM testing duties, thrilled the home fans by leading opening practice, qualifying sixth and finishing a competitive sixth (Spr𝔍int) and seventh (GP)in the races.

With Pol Espargaro now sharing test and wi🧜ld-card duties, the exact schedule for each is unclear, but KTM motorsport director Pit Beirer all but confirmed Pedrosa will be on a third factory RC16 at Jerez.

"I think so,”🐲 P𒊎it Beirer told Dorna’s Jack Appleyard, when quizzed on a 2024 Pedrosa wild-card at Jerez.

“Dani was already testing for us again at Jerez this we⛄ek.

“I feel he's getting ready for that. We will never push him to do a race, so♔ at the end the last call is always on his side to say, ‘I want to go’.

🤡“But he's pretty strong and fast. I feel he is ready. He just needs to say’ yes’.

“We are ready for him."

After last year’s Jerez heroics, Pedrosa, 38,🃏 then performed even more strongl𒐪y at Misano in September. He finished a fraction from the podium in both races during the public debut of the factory’s carbon fibre chassis. 

The location of Espargaro's first race 🀅appearance since last year's Valencia finale is still unclear.